Chapter 668: Expanding East and Swallowing West (6) Can Alone Save the Country?

Although Siber had only 10 regular legions, or no more than 30,000 men, this was a small army in the past, in the words of Siber's now popular language, from the middle of the Middle Ages, especially in a major war.

But now in modern times, the 30,000 troops of Siber are enough in the face of Ruiying Maiqiu, especially when only facing one country, only 30,000 regular legions are maintained, which means that Sibo can continuously replenish the army, as long as the legion returns to the station, it can be fully established in an instant.

Therefore, in Xibo's battle plan, the most important thing is to open up the connection with Lina Province, so that this province that has close ties with Xibo will not be wiped out, and then you can take your time.

"War is a vigorous sport that is good for the country, and it should be done from time to time," said the spokesman of the military industry in Parliament, who had already experienced the beauty of war from the "Lina War", and as the war began, all kinds of military supplies, from the steel used to forge the Lingmen guns to the clothing of the soldiers, were sold in large quantities, making them rich.

In order to curb the rank of civilians in the army, Sibo did not rudely adopt a low-level approach, but let civilians change their guards, that is, after serving for about 3 years in the previous period, unless they have a relationship or outstanding talent, they will be forced to retire, so as to avoid civilians from continuing to accumulate meritorious deeds.

Civilians are also happy to be discharged from the army, because they can get a large amount of retirement money (compared to the salary of civilians who work normally) and preferential treatment in shops, and civilians who return to their hometowns with a large amount of money have priority in employment in various industries, and they do not have to worry about finding jobs during the war.

And if there are shops or factories that dare to violate the regulations and harshly criticize these retired civilians, there are large or small "retired military clubs" formed in various cities and towns, and the members of the clubs will rush to find trouble with the merchants, and the military aristocrats will also stand in the camp of these retired civilians.

In addition, the civilians who returned to their hometowns with retirement money were generally wealthy, and they could buy a number of goods that they had to save up for a long time to buy, which in turn led to the vigorous development of commerce and offset the impact on industry caused by the severance of trade in Ruiying and Maiqiu.

Even the factory owners felt that after the outbreak of the war, their business was much better than before, which made some factory owners even feel in their hearts that it would be good if the war continued.

So in the next few years, Siber's strategy was to grind, so Siber changed the modulation of several army groups, and split the First Army into the Fourth Army, the Fourth Army was used to garrison Athena to resist the attack of the First Army of Shwe Ying Maiqiu, and the First Army and the reinforced Second Army were one east and one south, and the two sides conquered the province of Nolanza in Shwe Ying Maiqiu.

So Sibber's army became very old-fashioned, and on the one hand they were cowering on the defense, and on the other hand, they were approaching with their heads held high, and as long as they did, Rui Ying Mai Qiu basically did not want to take back the land.

On the battlefield, the army of Ruiying Maiqiu was also under the command of Hades, and the army of Siber fought more than ten battles, dozens of small battles, because of Hades's excellent commander, at first the two armies were victorious and defeated, and occasionally Sib would suffer minor defeats.

After all, although the Xibo army is now equipped with the "Duofan Type II Lingmen Gun", which is 2 generations more advanced than the oldest "Boli Ancient Lingmen Gun" in Ruiying Maiqiu's hand, it is also a Lingmen gun, and the essence has not changed qualitatively, and both sides will exhaust magic, and the commander is even slightly better than the other side, so he will naturally fight half a catty.

Yes, the commander is Ruiying Maiqiu is slightly better, after the more outstanding generals such as Huls, Dofan, and Smopi's Huls, now Siber's generals are only barely passing, there is no talent amazing, and even Hades on the opposite side can't compare.

It's a pity that this era is no longer just an era of looking at how strong a general is, even if Hades is far better than Siber's generals, but as long as Siber's generals can reach the passing line, they can rely on the gap in national strength to consume Hades to death through non-stop war.

Hades soon realized that Rayin McChiu's army was still a traditional army, in Siber's words today, a "medieval army", and the "medieval army" had a strong one-off characteristic, that is, the strong soldiers were basically just a wave.

At the beginning of the war, the armies commanded by Hades were the strongest, and the reliable forces of nobles and citizens were the highest in the proportion of the army, but after more than ten battles with Siber, although Hades had a high victory rate, the nobles and citizens suffered serious losses, and the proportion of peasants was getting higher and higher.

In the past, because the countries that went to war were basically such armies, the so-called did not need to get better and better, as long as they were better than the other party, so the generals could not feel the obvious gap, but when facing the current Xibo, Hades felt a chill to the bone.

As the first veterans were almost depleted, the field strength of the Shwe-Ying Mai Qiu army began to plummet, while the combat effectiveness of Siber remained at the level where the war began, so in contrast, the Hades army suffered more and more heavy defeats, and the impression of Sib's army as "invincible" was gradually engraved in the minds of the recruits.

"I boast that my command is not lost to the ancient famous generals, and there is no general who can fight opposite Siber, so I have won a lot of beautiful battles in the early stage, but what is the use of this!" As time passed, Hades, who was in his prime, became more and more old under the blow of the unfavorable battle situation, and there was a thick anxiety on his forehead.

By the time 2533 came, 11 years after the outbreak of the war, the army led by Hades was either promoted to general or lost all in the 11-year conflict, which brought about a plummeting combat effectiveness of the Ruiying Maiqiu army, while Sibo was the same as always, and as a result, the Ruiying Maiqiu army began to fear the enemy like a tiger.

By now, the army of Ruiying Maiqiu no longer dared to confront Siber head-on in the field, unless the number of Siber troops on the opposite side was far smaller than their own, or they were auxiliary legions or even security legions, so they dared to fight a battle under the strong drive of the officers.

Of course, the generals still have their descendants in their hands, and these descendants can still fight with the Sib's army, but the temper of the Middle Ages is troublesome, and this lineage army is the last guarantee that they still have the right to speak, and who is willing to use the descendants until the last resort? Even Hades is not willing.

Therefore, the army of Ruiying Maiqiu, who was afraid of the enemy, no longer dared to engage in field battles with the army of Siber, and at most it was okay to rely on the defense of the city.

Seeing this, the Siber army ordered the official start of the military operation to attack Nolanza Province, in view of the fact that it knew the shortcomings of the Sibber army's weak siege ability, so Siber was not in a hurry to attack the city immediately, but would besiege the city on all sides, cut off all external support for the besieging city, and then slowly wait for the city to surrender.

It's not that Ruiying Maiqiu doesn't want to rescue, but didn't you say it, Ruiying Maiqiu's army is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and the field battle has become closer and closer to the point of collapse at the touch of a button, how to rescue the besieged city in this case?

And in order to reduce the loss of the siege, Siber ordered that if the siege surrendered within a week, then Siber would treat the nobles in the city with courtesy, and if he resolutely refused to surrender and held on for more than a week, Siber would relieve the sword for three days after breaking the city, and allow the army to plunder the whole city.

Because these cities had lost foreign aid, and after a chicken was killed, the monkeys were afraid, so during the siege, one of the cities really broke out in less than a week, and the nobles who tried to surrender and the nobles loyal to Ruiying Maiqiu fought each other, so that Siber did not have much effort to kill the city.

It's just that this happy day didn't last long and it ended, when Siber besieged Yanjike, the capital of Norlanza Province in 2535, the nobles of Yanjike surrendered in only five days, but after Xibo's army entered the city, they were stimulated by the sudden wealth of robbing the city a while ago, and they still began to loot Yanjike.

Officer Sibo wanted to stop it at first, but after thinking about it, forget it, "Let the soldiers be happy, and the others don't care", and as the officer said this, the citizens of Yan Jike fell into bad luck.

After the robbery began, the officers only sent troops to protect a few nobles who surrendered to Chengcheng, and did not care about other citizens, but after being reminded by others, they remembered that the Holy Tomb of Nolanza was in Yanjike, so they hurriedly sent people to protect the Holy Tomb of Nolanza.

Nolanza, the saint of national salvation, is the pride of all Sydneysiders, but Yan Jike, where the Holy Tomb remains, has been ceded to Ruiying Maiqiu more than 700 years ago, and it is estimated that few soldiers remember that there are Sydneysiders sleeping here to save the country.

As a result, by the time the officers sent troops to arrive, it was already too late, and the soldiers did not dare to enter the Holy Sepulchre, but they wreaked havoc around it, priing away all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry that could be pried away, and this Holy Sepulchre, which has a long history, was seriously damaged.

After the "Yan Jike Robbery Incident", Hadiston was overjoyed like a vulture smelling the smell of carrion, and publicized the incident everywhere, and even in his mouth, Yan Jike had been slaughtered by Sibo until only 20 people remained, and the whole city was full of corpses and blood.

In short, Hades's propaganda led the troops of Ruiying Maiqiu to believe that Siber's credibility was a piece of waste paper, and strengthened their confidence in defending the city.

When the news reached Dima, Dima scolded the responsible general, dismissed him from his post and turned it into a civilian position, and the soldiers were fined three glasses of wine until that end.

As for Ruiying Maiqiu's increased resistance, the Siber army actually became more happy, because they did not need to be attached to the ant-annexed siege city, but only needed to wait for the city to run out of ammunition and food, and then it was a lively and pleasant raid.

In this way, by the year 2538, Siber had conquered the entire province of Norlanza, and even infiltrated the province of Reem slightly.

And Hades, the commander of Ruiying Maiqiu, was also deposed because of the loss of Nolanza Province, Ruiying Maiqiu decided to change to a more aggressive general, and no longer wanted this waste that would only bow his head and be beaten.

Seeing Hades being deposed, Leng Yi let out a helpless sigh, Hades is the top general in the entire Southern Xinjiang Continent today, if the opposite side is also a medieval army, he would have been beaten by Hades for a long time and his mother would not know, just like the damage caused by Hades to Sibo in the early stage of the war when Ruiying Maiqiu's army was still very high-quality.

But Ruiying Mai Qiu did not have a cold system, what they saw was that Hades had commanded for more than ten years, so many people had died, and the territory was still being lost.

"Poor man who was born in the wrong era, he should be a strong man comparable to the famous generals of the ancients, but he faced Xibo in this era," Leng Yi said pityingly.